diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/rapidjson/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/rapidjson/package.py
index 53cef264157..74099513b24 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/rapidjson/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/rapidjson/package.py
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ class Rapidjson(CMakePackage):
     homepage = "https://rapidjson.org"
     url = "https://github.com/Tencent/rapidjson/archive/v1.1.0.tar.gz"
 
+    version(
+        "1.2.0-2022-03-09",
+        git="https://github.com/Tencent/rapidjson.git",
+        commit="8261c1ddf43f10de00fd8c9a67811d1486b2c784"
+    )
     version(
         "1.2.0-2021-08-13",
         git="https://github.com/Tencent/rapidjson.git",